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Abdominal breathing training apparatus, abdominal breathing training system and method thereof

a training apparatus and abdominal technology, applied in the field of abdominal breathing training apparatus, can solve the problems of inability to directly evaluate the effect of abdominal breathing measurement value, inability to design or directly measure physiological measurement value, and inability to be reliable but not economical training approach

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-08-11
NAT CHIAO TUNG UNIV
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This training approach is reliable but not economical since the person who performs the abdominal breathing cannot practice by himself / herself.
However, those clinical measurement values cannot directly evaluate the effects of the abdominal breathing.
However, the aforementioned physiological measurement values are not directly designed for or directly measured from the abdominal breathing.
Besides, the aforementioned training interfaces or physiological measurements usually require bulky or inconvenient equipments such as a breathing mask or a set of sensing patches.
There is currently no physiological measurement equipment which directly measures the abdominal breathing values and further providing feedback or indications for the user / the patient adjust his / her abdominal breathing process as the user / the patient can perform / practice the abdominal breathing on his / her pace.

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[0020]Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.

[0021]FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an abdominal breathing training apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the abdominal breathing training apparatus 100 includes a sensor unit 112, a trainer unit 114, a data acquisition and conversion unit 132, a display unit 142 and two belts 122. The abdominal breathing training apparatus 100 is adapted for training a trainee / a user how to perform an abdominal breathing. The trainee is hereinafter referred to as the user of the abdominal breathing training apparatus 100 throughout the disclosure of the invention.

[0022]The trainer unit 114 is configured to generate training waveforms and indications, where the ind...

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An abdominal breathing training apparatus, an abdominal breathing training system and the method thereof are provided. The abdominal breathing training apparatus is adapted for training a trainee how to perform an abdominal breathing and includes a trainer unit, a sensor unit, a data acquisition and conversion unit and a display unit. The trainer unit generates training waveforms and indications. The sensor unit directly measures abdominal movement signals from the trainee, and is positioned adjacent to the abdominal portion of the trainee. The data acquisition and conversion unit is coupled to the sensor unit and generates a trainee abdominal movement waveform according to the measured abdominal movement signals of the trainee. The display unit is coupled to the trainer unit, and displays the training waveforms and the indications to the trainee, who follows the training waveforms on the display unit to perform the abdominal breathing.

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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The invention generally relates to a breathing training apparatus, and more particularly, to an abdominal breathing training apparatus, an abdominal breathing training system and a method thereof.[0003]2. Related Art[0004]Abdominal breathing is an important rehabilitation exercise for physiological treatments. More air can be breathed in by performing the abdominal breathing than performing a thoracic respiration. Therefore, the oxygen utilization is increased by breathing. Besides, the abdominal breathing is also a physiological training approach beneficial for relaxing people and releasing stresses of people. For example, the patient after a lung surgery or a heart surgery, the patient of asthma and the patient of pulmonary edema are usually required to practice the abdominal breathing in order to enhance weak breathing capability after the surgery or improve breathing frequency and breathing intensity.[0005]Regarding mental treatments, symp...

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IPC IPC(8): G09B23/28
CPCG09B23/28G09B19/003
Inventor HSIAO, TZU-CHIENHSU, RU-SHINHSIEH, DAI-LING
Owner NAT CHIAO TUNG UNIV
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